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Democracy After Disaster

by Kate Lawrence

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9. Democratic Phoenix

December 1, 2025 · 54 min

In this final episode of 'Democracy After Disaster,' we hear about Dolly Parton's ‘My People's Fund” and its inspiration for a universal basic income (UBI) after a disaster. We look at the benefits of UBI, including mental health and…
8. Circle Talk

November 24, 2025 · 1 hr 7 min

In this eighth episode of 'Democracy After Disaster' we learn about ways we can better create space for meaningful conversations and inclusive decision making. On New Year's Eve 2019 the small town of Cobargo where Dave Newell lives, was…
7. People, Paradox and Power

November 17, 2025 · 52 min

In Episode 7 of 'Democracy After Disaster,' we explore the intricate dynamics of power in disaster recovery. Examining the relationships between governments and communities, the episode focuses on the need for partnership, and how…
6. Backfire

November 10, 2025 · 43 min

In this sixth episode of 'Democracy After Disaster', we hear the experiences of former recovery worker and self confessed democracy geek, Paula, who must navigate the system in order to do the public service work she loves. We get a…
5. Ashes To Alchemy

November 3, 2025 · 51 min

This episode explores the story of recovery in Mallacoota after the Black Summer bushfires of 2019-2020. From a town divided for decades, we watch as the community of Mallacoota learns to step up, collaborate and develop a recovery plan…

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4. Smoke and Shadows

October 27, 2025 · 56 min

Episode 4 of 'Democracy After Disaster,' explores the aftermath of Australia's Black Saturday fires and the unfolding recovery, in Kinglake, a small town on the edge of Melbourne and an escarpment. We follow the experiences and thought…
3. Flames of History

October 20, 2025 · 58 min

In episode three of 'Democracy After Disaster,' we delve into the historical impact and aftermath of the devastating Black Friday bushfires in 1939, acknowledging the deep history of indigenous fire management practices, ignored by the…
2. Community at the Crossroads

October 20, 2025 · 43 min

In this episode we look at the Ash Wednesday bushfires of 1983 in Macedon, the home town of host Kate Lawrence, and the experiences of community leader Morna Kenworthy. We explore the complexities of recovery, the slow, bureaucratic…
1. After the End

October 20, 2025 · 52 min

The 2009 Black Saturday bushfires in Victoria that devastated Steve Pascoe’s small community of Strathewen. While everyone pulled together, as people do the world over after a disaster, the folks of Strathewen were worried that the systems…
Trailer - Democracy After Disaster

October 20, 2025 · 1 min

Natural disasters rip away our collective sense of control, so it’s critical that the road of recovery is paved with community voice and agency. With disasters increasing year on year we need new ideas for how governments and communities…

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About the show

Natural disasters rip away our collective sense of control, so it’s critical that the road of recovery is paved with community voice and agency. With disasters increasing year on year we need new ideas for how governments and communities can work together when everything has been destroyed. Democracy After Disasters is a nine part narrative documentary podcast series that explores how we can re-build democracy on the road of recovery. We'll talk to people from Macedon to Mallacoota, to experts in history, philosophy and political science. And we'll uncover ideas that can dramatically improve the path of community recovery. Listen and subscribe to Democracy after Disasters wherever you get your podcasts.